Eating disorders: It doesn’t just happen to skinny, white, affluent girls

Eating disorders: It doesn’t just happen to skinny, white, affluent girls

Cheri Levinson, clinic founder (left), and Stacey Annis, director of operations, in front of the Louisville Center for Eating Disorders clinic in Louisville, Kentucky on Friday May 9, 2025.(Natosha Via / MindSiteNews)This series was supported by The Pulitzer Center. This story is the third of the four-part series.For years, the media image of an anorexic youth was an emaciated white female teen.One of the biggest barriers that keeps people with …

WHAT HAPPENED TO BODY POSITIVITY

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at U Mass Boston chapter. I feel like every time I open up any app, I’m forced to look at people promoting their eating disorders. I open TikTok and I see ads for My Fitness Pal — which has been linked to a higher rate of eating disorders  — and now it’s a targeted ad seen by millions everyday. I love my social medias but I miss not constantly having to see the #skinnytok TikTokers …

To this day, politician Mette Thiesen is happy with her body. However, it hasn't always been that way.